Grassroots opposition groups have blocked or delayed at least 75 AI data center projects worth $130 billion in the first quarter of 2026, matching the total disruption for all of 2025. The number of o…
President Donald Trump said he will meet with top AI executives to discuss "giving back" to the public, with ongoing talks between the White House and OpenAI about donating equity to seed a Public Wea…
Senator Bernie Sanders proposed a sovereign wealth fund funded by taxing artificial intelligence profits to ensure the technology's benefits are shared publicly. The plan, outlined in a New York Times…
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is drafting legislation to impose a 50% stock tax on AI companies to give the public a direct ownership stake through a sovereign wealth fund, an idea President Donald Trum…
President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. government may take equity stakes in leading AI companies, aligning with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's private pitch for government ownership. Senator Bernie Sander…
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced he will introduce the American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, which would impose a one-time 50 percent tax on the stock of the largest U.S. AI companies and transfer tho…
Entrepreneur David Sacks published a Twitter thread criticizing proposals for government ownership stakes in AI firms, warning that "nationalization of AI will accelerate the corporate-government fusi…
President Donald Trump confirmed Friday he is considering a government partnership with major AI companies that could include taking an equity stake, echoing a proposal from Senator Bernie Sanders tha…
Former AI czar David Sacks warned that Sen. Bernie Sanders' proposal for 50% government ownership in AI companies amounts to a "stupidity tax" and cautioned against nationalization, as President Donal…
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed legislation to impose a 50% "ownership tax" on the nation's largest artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, effectively confisc…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman requested and held a private, nearly hourlong meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders this week to discuss the senator's proposal for public ownership of AI companies, including a 50% s…
OpenAI and the Trump administration are negotiating a direct government stake in the AI startup, proposing a "Public Wealth Fund" that would distribute payouts to American citizens. Senator Bernie San…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman privately contacted Senator Bernie Sanders to discuss public ownership of artificial intelligence, as former President Donald Trump and Sanders publicly debated AI governance. Th…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced he will introduce the American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, imposing a one-time 50 percent tax on major AI companies paid in stock to create a federal sovereig…
President Donald Trump endorsed the concept of the U.S. government taking direct equity stakes in major AI companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, aligning with a proposal from Senator Bernie …
Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown warns that Sen. Bernie Sanders' American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would give the federal government significant control over private AI companies, granting bureaucra…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Wednesday he does not plan to donate to any 2026 U.S. election campaigns, even as other Silicon Valley billionaires pour money into midterm races that will decide control of…
Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed a 50% tax on artificial intelligence-generated wealth, with the proceeds distributed directly to American citizens as a "national dividend." The plan would seize assets fr…
Senator Bernie Sanders announced plans to introduce the "American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act" in a New York Times opinion essay published June 1, 2026, proposing a one-time 50 percent tax paid in …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has requested a meeting with Senator Bernie Sanders, who recently proposed legislation requiring the federal government to take a 50% ownership stake in frontier AI labs. Sanders…